A Toast to UPenn Traditions!

I made history at the first football game of the year! The Class of 2014 marched into the football field and formed a spirit line with the Penn Band to welcome the football team onto the field. This tradition, known as the Freshman Walk, vanished in 1987; 23 years later, we brought it back! I've NEVER felt more school spirit in my life. Go Quakers!

The first football game was against the Lafayette Leopards. We won: 19-14! Once again, Go Quakers! At one point, we were down 3-14, but we didn't give up hope, and neither did the team. Incredible comeback, right? We couldn't have started the season any better.

I also got to participate in Penn's most popular tradition: Throwing Toast! After the third quarter of every home football game, we throw toast onto the field. The toast is provided at the beginning of every game by Penn, of course. I call that big machine that serves the toast "the toast machine." As you can see, it all gets very messy, but here at Penn, we love traditions!